MSRC-CVE-2026-119975 — Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary

Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
An attacker could publish an extension with specially crafted display information. If a user clicks the malicious link in the publisher trust dialog, successful exploitation could allow the attacker to execute code in the context of the user before the extension is installed or the publisher is trusted.

Security updates
1.145.3 — https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_145

Vulnerabilities 1

High 8.8

CVE-2026-119975

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Nov 10, 2026

Revision history

2026-11-10 #1
Information published.

References

CVE-2026-119975 Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-119975
Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss